A new way to listen to music is unveiled, a tech mogul steps down and a device that changed the way we communicate was introduced… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1949 – The Radio Corporation of America, sometimes known as RCA, announced a new 7-inch, 45-rpm phonograph record. Soon, […]
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This Week in Tech History: Apple Computer is Incorporated
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The first picture-in-picture TV is unveiled, the first electric watch is released, and a tech giant is incorporated… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1940 – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got its very first demonstration of FM radio. The new medium, free of interference, static, and noise in thunderstorms, […]
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Edison shows off his new incandescent lighting, the “Man of the Year” is not a man at all, and the Internet as we know it, is created… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1879 – Thomas Edison delighted an audience in Menlo Park, New Jersey, when he gave his first […]
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A new television system was patented, the transistor was invented and nuclear power made its debut … It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1938 – Vladimir Zworykin of Wilkinsburg, PA patented the iconoscope television system. This was the first fully electronic system to replace the older mechanical systems that used […]
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The first powered airplane flight takes off, the last person walks on the moon and a flawed processor halts shipments of PCs… It all happened This Week in Tech History. 1903 – The first successful powered airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. First Orville, then Wilbur Wright kept their invention flying … […]
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This Week in Tech History: First Automatic Parking Garage
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The first theater to use electric lights opens, the first automatic parking garage opens, and the mother of all demos is given … It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1882 – The Bijou Theatre opened in Boston, MA and became the first theatre to be lighted by electricity, which Thomas […]
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Ford changes the manufacturing industry, the first successful video game is released and a popular video game console goes on sale… It all happened This Week in Tech History. 1913 – Ford Motor Company introduced the first moving assembly line and forever changed the manufacturing industry. Ford’s innovation reduced the time it took to build […]
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The first jukebox goes into service, smartphones are born, and a whole new type of movie is released… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrated his phonograph for the first time. Originally intended to be used as a dictating machine, this invention proved very popular in […]
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Push-button telephones make their debut, Windows is born and the video game console wars heat up… It all happened This Week in Tech History. 1866 – The rotary-crank bicycle was patented in Paris, France. The bike, incidentally, was known as the bone shaker. 1963 – The first telephone in the U.S. with push buttons instead […]
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The first X-ray pictures are taken, a milestone is reached in the creation of the Internet and a popular web browser is launched… It all happened This Week in Tech History. This week in 1895 – Scientist Wilhelm Roentgen took the first X-ray pictures. He had been experimenting with electricity but failed to turn off […]